GOLD CIRCULAR.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 633, 8 May 1852, Page 2

GOLD CIRCULAR.

[Fiom the "Sydney Morning He>rald," Apiil 17 ] Tub water on the Tuion has not jet gone (low n sufficiently to admit ot the bul claim* being vtoikcil. Some of the diggers aie employed in washing the rivei-irilt, which is now nrdily exhausted Good diy diggings have been discovcied opposite to the end of a ran^e called Ration Hill, wlieie a i;ieat numbei of holes .»re btinj; sunk, and some of the pirti.-sp irti.-s look torwaid to considerable succc-s, tliu ncliest ol ihesu ehims hai been known to yield 10 oz. per day. feheep Station point is neatly desc-Hed, and tents aie daily (Unappealing Horn the Upper Wallaby, the diggers leaving by scoies for Dirt Hole Crock, J'aniniiouM, jiii'l M« roo, wheie fiesh claims are being opened with eveiy piospect of icimitici .ituui. Near the head ot I'amberooia a uumbei of deep shafts have been sunk with satisfactoiy results, the walei l* liowever scarce, wild dams lor its usei vttuui ate being couttt tided at grcit expense to prevent the necessity which now t\ists of calling the soil to the \auous v. itrrhules for the puipose of Wishing. A man from this distuU yestcidaj icnivcd j/.'lBtt on the salo of hi' told, .is his shale of three necks' labour. A I ich gold field appeals to p\ist on Geneial Stevvait's Kstate, about loin lm'es from Uatlmrst, which will no "loiibt be vvoiked to advantage as soon a< labour becomes inoic pler.titul— a man named Lawjence Bjrnes, with his mate, woiktd ten houi«, and got 14 dwt. ot gold, in value about two guineas ; but because they could not mid it in ounce*, they left the spot slating themselves not satisfied with Mich a pool ictuin for their labour This ftct expresses more significant ly than a volume of wouls, the value of tun mines Abuut 500 people iie woilung on LOll4 Uieek, .1 iributniy of the Moroo; they are all cornp.tiatively in small compass, and tbe pnncipal poition of them aie- doing well; the least toitunate, if at all inductions, can cam i s pei d tv. and the majority much moic One paity has been making fiom 6 ok to 8 oz. per day, although the soil has tobecaited a considerable distance to be washed. It is not at all usual to lind 3 oz. of gold in one cait load of soil, and the claim heie is lockoned veiy poor if it will not yield two ounces pei day to a p.uty AtTuena the diggeis aic not so liiimcious as they wcie, but then success appears gieatcr; good wagei are obtained with common industry, and large caimugs (say fiom two to four ounces pei day;, are by no means laic. The Uiaidvvood mines still continue to yield their glittering treasure, without any appaicnt diminution. The old digging localities aie not jet exhausted, and new rtiscovenes are occasionally made. 3SO lionises have been taken out this month on Majoi's Cieek. His E\eolltncy the Governoi, during his vmt to this dull ict, pm chased a qiniU nujget, about 8 oz., and another sample at Invei'lochy, toi the puipose ol ad ling them to his cabinet sp( < miens of Austrah m gold. About 30 mile-, fiom Goulbii.n a untie has beon discoveied at Marooralong, on a laim belonging to Mi.l). H.Thome. The gold was found at the depth ol J'Z feet, and continual to incieasc as the went lower down. About eight men aie engaged, and making from three to four oz per week : and it is stated that in I one panful of earth they found a torqnoisc and a inby. Pnitie» are allowed to woik hcie foi one month without paying any license tee to the piopuctor. ,We have been favoured by a highly respectable houso in town (tff^ith a sight of hall an ounce of gold, from a new mine which is ssjust opened out at Blakeness Cieek. about 14 miles from Yass. It 11 evidently very pure, and ot a diftcient dcbciiptiun to either the Tuion, Ophir, or JJiaidwood. The chaiactcr of ihcgrouiid is quart/, giamte slate, and band, with ever appeal ancc of having at some time been in a slate of fusion. E\pcucnced men who have visited this mine think very favourably of it. A number of persons with cradles, aie at woik, and we hope next week to be able to repmt mote lolly on the subject. Up to the Cth ot this month, l'>o licenses had been taken out for the Peel Diggings. The 1 irgest quantity obtained by one paity hai been 4 oz per day. Iteiiwick's pally of thiee are still making 1$ ounce per day. The laboni is not veiy heavy, as the piecious metal 11 tound mincipally in the river dutt and 111 holes and crevices of the rock, fiom which it is extracted with tiowels and inch like tools Letters are 111 town fiom the Revei end Mr. Clai'<e, who icports favourably of a large tiact of countiy ovci which he li.n tiavellcd. The escort brought in this week from Braidwood 534 ouncci Bell's Cicek \3fi 01111 c a, Aialuen 303 ounces, Goulbunin 81 ounces, Sotala ll<)7 ounces, Anslord 918 ounces, Tambarooi a 458 ounces, Bathurst 291 ounces, Oplul 1 18 ounces, and the mails from li.itliiiiat 12? ounces, Sofala 484 ounces, Mudgee 37 ounces, Goulbom n 94 ounces, Biaidwood ill ounces, Yass 18 ounces, and Tamwoilh '10 onncei ; in all, by escoit and mails, COO 5 ounces 111 value about £1(5,401. The puce has vaned through the week from (!3s to 6Ji at which it was vu> linn yisleiday; but l.nge quintities aie expected fiom Melbourne dm ing next wrek which may 1 educe the pi icg again. At Vicloua the quantity coming in is still large; The escoit brought down la«t week 13.80S oniuen. It is with sincere l>lq isure we announce that live of the gang who mbbed the .Nelson have been captured, and Ihcie ia every reason to hope that tlity will all be taken: we tniht that no expense will be ipaied, and 110 stone leti unturned to bung theie scoundiels to jiibtice— it i» the most baiefaccd lobbctj that has been committed since we lost 0111 convict ch>traclei, and as it 11 a matter tli.it atlects directly 01 mdiiculy evuy iiidiviilii.il 111 the community we I'opc our ti tends in Melbourne will see (hi ptopueiy 01 nut resisting satisfied until evoy mm conceiucd in this pnacy has been seemed. It was well lemaikcd by a wulei »n the subject that "(he kiicccs which attended them would piove ciiuißnlly suggestive toother vagabonds, who would lathci live )>v plundei 111. 111 woik 101 a honest livelihood." We would add with still gieatei forcf, it powblc, lkt m« consj cjulnues nt also as sik.cibiim.. One of the Insui ancp Compimesat Melbourne has i(!«cilved not to taki the risk of gold lying on hoaid the vessels while 111 the port ot Viclona. The oveiland ffcoit fioin Mount Alpxandei to Adelaide had reached theie safely nuclei the command of Mi. Commission! 1 ) Tolimr 111 louileen days, convejing upwaids ot 5 cwt. of gold ; —about £50,000 wo) lh ol gold had been deposited in the as«ay offico undci the pioMjion^ot the Bullion Act, and the Hank ot Au^liaUsia wne refusing to tak» mgoti and if sue then notis ii(ion thtin. An attempt had been made by the Cdll< etoi of Oistoim to claim an impoit duly ot "> pel cent on the gold bi ought down b> the Queen ol Slieba, but it wa> snppoaLtl the Governor would not sanction It. '1 he Kxpoit «-mc(j our last has been. Oz Apul 13 -Ann. lor India 500 " Tam.u, foi London 0,339 " IS— St. Vincent, tor London 1,452 8,5111 V/hioh at fi'is, per 07. gives £ 20,04.'! 15 0 Add previous expoit 1,208,.«t) 15 7 Total cxpoited to this date £'),2JS,d2O M 7 ExchaPge on London— Drafts against yo!d, 8 percent, discount. Fj eight fei cent. Gtouci A. Lj-oYD. /J7"4, Geoigc-sticet, Apiil 17.

S\ dvf\ i\] viM ts. — FniDAt, April lfi. Tur, Mima - Mcssis B.ukei and Co. Wheat lm been suppi, id lo a moderate i\unt this week, for wlnili, acuMitin^to gnility, tiom is. 3d. to (is. Id pei buslul his been given. The id MI.III 1 lor floin is vuy gic.it, but although some lew sales line been niailu .it an advance of £l pel ton foi nnmeflnte :leli\i;\>, the mill puces reiiinii as> ta«-t (juoted —£ls lvi (.ne, ,md JSHlor second (|iialit>, per ton of 2000. Hun Is. 2d. to I>. 'Id. pel bushil. Mi. J3nell.it . The supply ot vvtio it Jt the moment i« iiiiiiflicient to meet tho w mts ol the inilkis, anil mcieand i.ites have been gnen, piin-s vaiyin^ rioin Is 01. to <5< 3d pel bushel The demand tut flout i» still »r<at; foriiur pnc^s liouevei, .ue still quoted, n ntiely, £\\ r > |iei ton line, a.id Hi acooiid?. Iluldus aie askitiy hmhti l.iles, mill ilil mills (kd)iie selling in l.n;;e qiutttities. JJi.in U. 1(1. put bushel. M a izt—3s pei bushel Oat!>— Cs to 3s fid. put bushel. Scaice.